Now that we have completed the building work we are now fitted out with surround sound and 2 projection systems to allow simultaneous projections of computer and camera displays from the telescope or the internet to be projected to an impressive screen of 12ft by 5ft.

AIM OF THE SOCIETY

The aim of the society is to promote all aspects of astronomy whether it is first time users trying to understand their telescope or find their way round the night sky to the more interesting aspects of the subject.

We are also a "hands on" group where we will endeavor to make, fix or talk about anything even other topics that have nothing to do with astronomy.

So if you are interested in astronomy, cannot get your telescope to work or understand it. Or simple got nothing to do on thefourth MONDAY of the month at 7:30 p.m. [Club night] or most Friday evenings -- COME ON DOWN where the kettle will be on - or get a beer from the club house.

If traveling a distance it's always wise to use the "contact us" tab or Email -- and please allow a couple of days for a reply [to allow the poor old soles to remember to read them]

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THE VERY VERY LATEST ON THE TELESCOPE

We have finally fixed the large 14" Meade telescope and we ARE VERY happy with it, it is now located where it belongs in the large dome and so now we are able to do some viewing through both domes

DOME REFURBISHMENTS

As the dome was getting "worse for wear" with several damaged areas letting in water it was decided to refurbish it and spend a little money on it. so instead of the old red dome we now have a white metal dome that is water proof - material cost were about £500.

It is almost complete just STILL requiring a new door when the weather is fit enough or we find another excuse? - one of them is that we are building another dome - which is well on it's way to completion

BUILDING EXTENSION No, 3

The Extension and the "old original building" refurbishments are now all complete.

To to keep us busy we have started another project - This time it is SELF FUNDING 8 ft diameter dome, which will be more disabled friendly and will allow wheel chair uses to get to the telescope.

The foundations have been laid and we are now building up the walls, part of this extension will be utilised for an area where we will be grinding mirrors and making telescopes, some thing that we have not done for a while as we have inspired some interest in this area

For further details of the build please go to the home/building extension tab or look in the photo area.

Now that we are getting close to completion the 8ft dome has shrunk to a 5ft dome which we have found to be more that sufficient - it's been a compromise to accommodate view-ability with practicability

OTHER SITES

Please take a look at the "links" tab as it gives a great list of useful or interesting site that are worthy of a visit.

VISITORS

Over the years we have had several visitors to our dome or we have had visits to schools and other establishments.

In 2011 we started a web site and after it success we have kept better records of these visits which can be viewed in the "calendar/past events" tab - under the various year.

So have a look and see if you remember your visit and maybe come back.